I've been struggling lately with some self-imposed reader's guilt. I have so many books on my shelves (and my countertop... and my...

Summer is almost here (though my spring playlist is still in development…) and I’m starting to think it might be a good idea to plot out...

If, like me, you live in New England, then you might be aware that there’s a pretty big snow storm in the forecast. Words like “blizzard”...

I've probably established that I love books: reading them, holding them, sharing them, buying them, borrowing them, browsing them,...

Technically, winter doesn’t officially start until December 21st, so I’m sneaking this post in just in time. Here’s what I’ve been...

On the second floor of the lovely Fine Arts Building in downtown Chicago and across the street from Grant Park, you’ll find the...

Here’s a roundup of the books, music, movies, and podcasts that are keeping me occupied this summer. Reading: · The Watchmaker of...

With the pandemic making international travel difficult and many people opting to stay local rather than voyage abroad, it seems a good...

I read Lev Grossman’s The Magicians, the first in a trilogy, a year or two after it was published. The subject matter—magic school,...

I read Life After Life not long after it was published in 2013 . . .